[sammons]

Thats the drawback of propane. The ability to get delivered, usually at the most inconvenient time. I don't know how you move those tanks. I brought my BBQ grill in so if the power went out i could use the side burner for coffee or skillet. I went to unhook my 5 gallon one off it to refill to make sure i had enough. I couldn't lift it out of there😡  Didn't think i had gotten that weak. Just another thing my buddy Tom will have to do for me.

[sixball]

Sitting here now by the fire on the 6th day on this bottle. The thermostat tweaking is paying off. If I'd done this in September the big tanks would probably not be empty. As far as handling them, I can lift the empties. The guy that fills them helps load them in my pickup and when I get them home the Kubota makes to possible to get them where they need to be. No one said it would be easy but I may have to get bigger tanks this summer.

[sammons]

Weather man has been predicting this snow storm since monday for over night wed. Tues day was up to 1 to 3" here, yesterday it was updated to 3 to 6" possibly more come thursday morn. They were calling off schools ahead of the snow. Only giving windchills for temps😡  Took dog out early this morn, only white was in the sidwalk seams. Weather this morning still in wind chill "feels like" temps, and they say clouldy, mostly cloudy all day. Suns been shinning since daybreak.

Got a kick out of the radio dj. Well the weather man is seeing something i'm not. Looking out the window here, i see a light dusting of snow and sunshine. However...to his credit, it is 20° and the wind is blowing.😁

[sixball]

It will tougher for them to make predictions of Biden keeps shooting their weather balloons and ignoring the Chinese spy craft. 

[TFoch]

It hit 60° here in New Hampshire the last two days! Very mild for this time of the year!

[Rattiac]

They say we are supposed to get 8-12" in the valley.  Yeah right. 

[sixball]

This morning it was 40 degrees. The first morning above freezing for months. I saw the first ground squirrel of the season. I was doing road work like yesterday and got tired of chasing my cap by 1:30 I was blown off the job. It is 5:00 PM now 25 degrees 2 1/2"- 3" of snow on the ground. The wind is blowing and visibility is about 20 yards. It's coming!

[sammons]

You guys must be getting whats headed my way. Been a weekly yo-yo ride, warm then cold. Been warm, upper 60s and 72 today. But dang wind kicked up hard by late morn, then thin clouds and dust. 46 for overnight low, then the big dive tomorrow night. High 30, low 8 for thursday🤯 Still no moisture here, snow and rain have been missing us.

[sixball]

I measured 4" before I went to bed last night. It was snowing then. Two wind blew all night so can't get a measurement this morning but not much more fell. By Saturday we may get 8 more inches highs in the 20s lows in the teens.

Here's how I feel:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTniFYt4jao

[Rattiac]

Great song.
This morning took the dog out and measured 17 inches in my driveway.  😳
Half of Utah has the day off but us jeepers the reliable guys we are still showed up to work.
I saw the snow and said "challenge accepted" .😎

[sammons]

Sixball i haven't heard that song in nearly 50 years, forgot all about it.

Challenge accepted, lol 😁 We had a big blizzard in '76, big big drifts, like some 8' tall. School called off so i went to work at Mobil instead. Our manager had a '73 chevy 4x4 and it was buried deep in a drift, he was a no show. I had a 68 Galaxey 500, snow tires and chained up. Told my buddy i worked with that i would go get him. Had to make several stabs at the drifts to get through, the last being huge but not too long. I left a tunnel going thru it. Got in his drive knocked on his door, the look on his face, lol  Damn, how did you get here? I wanted the day off😁

Add: I caught the CBS evening news cause i missed local weather. More fear mongering... 60 million people brace for a coast to coast winter storm. Unprecedented snow in Minnesota, a foot on the ground and more coming. Then a gal on the street, " It's Minnesota, thats what happens"🙄

[sixball]

The sad news first. my good friend went missing a week ago today. She was found  dead yesterday in a remote area just south of here in her Jeep Wrangler. She was in no way prepared to be out there in this kind of weather. We don't know why she was out there, most likely reaction to medications from the VA. It's a long story and I don't know it all yet, may never know. I have to help My friend who she lived with to sort things out. It is a mess.

In the next storm Tahoe may get 7' of snow and we could get up to 15" here. That will put us to neat 2' on the ground. Play the John Denver song again! Sometimes here we get 90% of our snowpack for the year in March! 

[sammons]

Sorry to hear about your friend Sixball. In that kind of weather  anything can happen.
 Reminds me of on old friend of mine, he was in his low 80s at the time. Went out one afternoon for a drive, he had various different farm grounds. He didn't come home for dinner, wife started calling around and the locals went hunting for him. It was winter, but no snow/rain. They found him the next day, he was up north 15 miles in the sandhills by the river. He was born up there, been around there all his life. He went a sandhill too far and lost his sense of direction, had no idea which way was out. They said his tracks went all over the place. He was out of gas, cold, dehydrated and a bit confused but ok.

You out west are atleast getting some much needed moisture.

Brother got couple inches snow last thursday, rained hard friday, then 6"-9" snow friday night. He took his FJ40 out for a spin in it sat morning. Said he didn't mind it much as it would be gone in a day or two. In the mean time we were warm, had a storm come thru last night. High wind rain and a few first of the year twisties. Of course right here  we only got an hour of very light rain, didn't get any run off in the creek🥴

Brothers place

[Rattiac]

Man,  sorry to hear about your friend. 
We hear that stuff here from time to time.  Terrible news. Last time a lady took a shortcut home north of the Great Salt Lake and was missing for a week.
 I wanted to help with the search but they found her alive just stuck. She had food, water and made a fire till the wood was gone.
Wasn't far from the highway.  A small hill blocked the view from seeing her. She stayed with the vehicle and had a full tank.
Do you and your neighbors have radios you can do a roll call every few days in weather like this  ?
How's the winch coming along in your Yukon.

[sixball]

The winch setup os on my Silverado. It is all done but I don't like it. It goes into receivers front or back but it is too heavy for me to carry around by myself. I have a rope line for it and that should lighten it up some. It sticks out too far to leave to on all the time plus it would be easy to steal and probably eventually break the mount. It will be a help around the place and I'll pack it along on big outings but I'm rethinking. The good thing is now a new bumper mount is it's own project and will seem to cost less.

Deon was out of gas. She had no warm clothes or blankets. Not even a charger for her phone. They haven't named a cause of death yet but I'm sure the cold was it. Very sad. She was miles from where she should have been. We didn't join the search. The had 2 Jeep posses drones and a helicopter. We would only have been in their way. I looked in some spots nearer here just incase she made it back closer to home. There is always someone missing around here. So many city types who don't respect how many ways there are to die 100 yards from your house. Deon was one of those. I worried when she bought the Jeep.